Castle of the Noobs: Noobtown Book Three by Ryan Rimmel

Author:Ryan Rimmel [Rimmel, Ryan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-02-12T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 38: Windfall Castle

Castle Windfall was once a majestic structure, I guessed. Right now, it was covered in so much moss and overgrowth that I didn’t recognize the place as a castle at all. I scoured the area and still couldn’t see it until SueLeeta pointed it out to me. It didn’t look as much like an abandoned castle in the woods as it did a massive overgrown shrubbery.

The basic layout seemed sound enough. The castle was set between two larger hills that looked mostly impassable for any large number of attackers. To further protect the castle, the builders had constructed a large detached wall going east to west on the southern side. What stood out was the very thing that camouflaged the wall. Some time ago, a form of green kudzu had overgrown the entire wall, to the point that not a single bit of stone was exposed.

Inside the sprawl of vines, I thought I could see some light that might indicate a gate of some sort. I could also imagine what might have been the outline of towers, if I was being optimistic.

“Do you recognize those vines?” I asked, indicating the thick tangled mass of vegetation that looked too much like kudzu for my taste. I activated my Herbalism and Lore skills, but neither found anything.

SueLeeta thought for a long moment, then shrugged. “No, they don’t look hostile, though. We can probably go in for a closer look.”

“What’s that smell?” asked Badgelor, looking toward where I thought the gate was. As we got closer, I saw several lumps that were entirely covered by vines. I had initially mistaken them for bushes. As I looked at them more closely, I realized that’s not what they were at all.

There were a half dozen dead Wargs by the gate, the very ones SueLeeta had mentioned earlier.

“Wargs don’t rot right,” I stated. Those Wargs could have been there for days or weeks before they finally started to break down. With another glance, I decided that nothing was watching us. “Cover me,” I said.

We moved closer to the creatures, our bows out. Badgelor leapt down and assumed his War Form, turning from the size of a small very squat breed of dog to the size of a broad, fat dog. I activated the party interface and added SueLeeta to my party. In groups that small, the absolute advantages of a party were minor at best. However, if we got pushed out of this area, it would be much easier to meet back up.

The castle walls were probably forty feet tall. I say probably, because, with the vines covering them, it was impossible to guess. The tops of the towers had collapsed, if they had ever really existed in the first place, but the area within bow range surrounding the castle was noticeably free from larger vegetation. It was an odd transition from thick forest to what on Earth would have been called a reasonably well-maintained field.

“That has to be magic,” I muttered to Shart.

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